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Transport for London (TfL) is launching a range of activities this summer to encourage people to get active · Pop up Santander Cycles docking station at Brockwell Park 12 – 13 May · Over 40 free guided walks across London, 12 – 13 May This summer, Transport for London (TfL) is encouraging all Londoners and visitors to discover the gems the […]

Local elections As a charity, Friends of Brockwell Park is not party political, but it is ‘small p’ political, in that it campaigns vigorously in support of its aims and objectives, as set out in our constitution. As the local elections approach on May 3, we approached the four main parties standing in Lambeth—Conservative, Green, Labour and Liberal […]

At our last committee meeting in April, we discussed the possibility of introducing exercise machines suitable for the over-50s into the park. The idea is that they would be placed on the hard surface exercise platform next to the Lido (where the old changing rooms used to be). We would love to hear your thoughts on this proposal (still at its earliest […]

Quick update on our recent activities around the Field Day/Mighty Hoopla event in June. At the Brockwell Park Community Partners open meeting on 25 March, we stated our total opposition to the event. We were also represented at the Mediation Meeting and the Licensing Committee Meeting for the event. Our views were put clearly, according to the […]

Thank you to the 35 enthusiastic bird watchers and early risers who joined us for our Dawn Bird Walk on Sunday March 15th. We identified 31 species of birds and had a fantastic ramble around the park in the process. Thanks go out also to the leaders of the walk, Czech Conroy and Graeme Hutchinson, two members of this RSPB group’s Executive Committee. […]